Natalie Hershlag[a] (born ), known professionally as Natalie Portman, is an actress, film producer and director with dual Israeli and American citizenship.
Natalie Portman is the first person born in the 1980s to have won the Academy Award for Best Actress (for Black Swan (2010)). Natalie was born Natalie Hershlag on , in Jerusalem, Israel.
Natalie Portman is an Oscar-winning actress known for the aristocratic poise and nuance with which she evinced the struggles of complex precocious female characters. Her notable movies include Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, Garden State, Black Swan, and Jackie. She also appeared in the Thor series.
Born in Jerusalem to an Israeli father and American mother, Portman grew up in the eastern United States from the age of three. She studied dancing and acting in New York, and starred in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace while still at high school on Long Island.
Born in Jerusalem and raised in New York, Natalie Hershlag (later adopting her grandmother’s maiden name, Portman) was an overachiever from day one. She was deliberate, wise beyond her years, and uninterested in the traps so many young actresses are forced into.
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Portman will star in Lena Dunham’s rom-com ‘Good Sex,’ which has reached the pre-production stage at Netflix. The actress will star as Ally, a couples therapist who rejoins New York’s dating scene in her 40s after a decade-long relationship.
Oscar-winning actor Natalie Portman is known for her roles in the movies ‘Black Swan,’ ‘Jackie,’ ‘Thor,’ and the ‘Star Wars’ franchise.